“Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equanimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.” ~S.N. Goenka I just spent ten...

Hi friends! I’m excited to share that the ​2025 Tiny Buddha Day-to-Day Calendar​ is now available for purchase! Uplifting and healing, this calendar offers daily reflections from me, Tiny Buddha contributors, and other authors...

“Perfectionism is the exhausting state of pretending to know it all and have it all together, all the time. I’d rather be a happy mess than an anxious stress case who’s always trying...

“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” ~Rumi A few months ago, someone I had dated briefly seven years ago reached out to apologize for his past behavior. Many of us know...

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” ~Nathaniel Branden I felt lost. I felt broken. I felt scared. As I sat alone in that cold, dark jail cell, I felt...

Seven years ago, I never thought I would be able to say that I have been six years sober! I didn’t think I was physically addicted. I never got the shakes, never morning drank, never...

“The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore, to use it, not to misuse it.” —Plutarch“I could never become a minimalist.”This is a phrase I have...

“We are who we believe we are.” ~C.S. Lewis Have you ever caught yourself hiding behind the term “imposter syndrome”? I know I have—more times than I’d like to admit. We hear the phrase so...